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Jakarta’s former governor Ahok dropping appeal against jail sentence for blasphemy
The wife of Jakarta’s former governor has wept while explaining to the press why her husband has decided not appeal against his…
- Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley
- ABC
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama was jailed for two years for blasphemy earlier this month and originally said he would appeal against the decision in a…
But the Christian and ethnic Chinese Governor, best known as Ahok, has announced through his lawyers he would accept the…